48 Fascinating Pics From History That Offer a Fresh Perspective

Nathan Johnson Published 02/06/2024 in ftw

History is full of useful stories, that when studied, can help us live our lives in the present. You know what they say, "those who don't know history are doomed to repeat it."

Now, this doesn't exactly apply to pictures from history, but unlike studying the past, pictures of the past offer us a different perspective on our collective history. They show us how it looked.

If you consider yourself a history buff, then you're going to love this collection of fascinating photos collected from the past.

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Chrysler Corporation Offers $2,000 To Anyone At The 1976 Chicago Auto Show Who Could Break The Composure Of Living Mannequin Nancy Del Corral
2.
Prisoners At Dachau Concentration Camp Greet Their American Liberators From A Barbed-Wire Fence.(Germany, April 1945)
3.
A Champagne Inspector Wearing A Special Mask To Protect Against Accidental Discharges, Ca. 1933
4.
An Enthusiast For Men's Dress Reform Walking Down The Strand In London. The Mdrp (Men’s Dress Reform Party) Was Formed In The Interwar Years In Britain, 1930
5.
British Hurdler Percy Hodge Demonstrates The Perfect Obstacle Jump While Carrying A Bottle And A Glass On A Tray. Percy Hodge Became An Olympic Champion In The 3000m Hurdles In 1920
6.
Physicists And Nobel Prize Winners Marie Curie And Pierre Curie Shortly After Their Wedding. France (1895)
7.
Children Playing With A Toy Guillotine, France, 1959
8.
A Beach Party In The 1970s
9.
A Studio Portrait Of Hattie Tom, A Young Chiricahua Apache Woman, Photographed At The U.S. Indian Congress Of The Trans-Mississippi And International Exposition In Omaha, 1898
10.
Punk Rock Girl London, 1979
11.
A Lady From The Ouled Naïl Tribe In Algeria, Photographed By Rudolph Lehnert In 1904
12.
An Ultra Light Horse-Drawn Car In Traffic Paris (1943)
13.
Oldriev’s New Tricycle. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve, 1882
14.
Charles Godefroy Flies Through The Arc De Triomphe In Paris. The Height Of The Opening Is 29.42 M, The Width Is 14.62 M. The Wingspan Of The Aircraft Is 9 Meters Wide, 1919
15.
Puritan Demonstrates Against Too Revealing Swimwear On A Florida Beach, 1985. USA
16.
G.o.e Herbert Tea & Dining Rooms, 10 New Street, Chipping Norton, England. 1910
17.
A Piglet Which Is Being Treated By The Pdsa (People’s Dispensary For Animals) In Ilford With A Sun Ray Lamp, To Cure A Skin Ailment, 1938
18.
Breakfast Tea Being Passed Between Cars On A Train From Peshawar To Lahore In 1983.
19.
May 3rd 1960, Otto Frank Standing In The Annex That He And His Family Hid In During Wwii. Until They Were Found And Arrested By The Gestapo In 1944
20.
Six-Year-Old Anne Frank Holding A Jumping Rope Next To Her Friend, Sanne Ledermann, On A Pavement In Amsterdam. 1935
21.
Seeing Two Mickeys On A Parisian Street In The Early 1930’s Either Elicited Pure Delight Or Sheer Terror
22.
British Military Equipment Disguised As Elephants, India, Wwii
23.
1963: A Clown At The Lunch Counter
24.
Riders On The New York Subway Sit Without Newspapers During A Newspaper Strike In The City (1953)
25.
Quality Control At Emi's Vinyl Lp Pressing Plant In London (1965). The Beatles Rubber Soul
26.
An Iron Man Of The Past In A Diving Suit. The Suit’s Name Was ‘Iron Man’ Too. It Had Electric Charging And Pressure Protection Systems. New York, 1907
27.
A Tactical Trick Used By Soldiers During The Mexican Revolution, 1913
28.
A Telepath Tries To Hypnotize A Chimpanzee, 1941
29.
Lucille Ball, Once Called The Greatest Pair Of Legs On Broadway, In A 1930s Publicity Still As A Blonde
30.
Wyatt Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) Photographed By His Wife Josephine Earp
31.
'The Half Suit' Photo And Concept By Pippa Garner, 1982
32.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt. Student Nurses Getting Lessons, Roosevelt Hospital NY, 1938
33.
Two Kashmir Giants Posing With The American Photographer James Ricalton, 1903. One Of The Giants Was 7’9” Tall While The “Shorter” One Was A Mere 7’4” Tall
34.
The Local Priest Takes A Strong Turn At The Front And Gives These Atala Cyclists A Break During Their Training Run In Preparation For The 1959 Giro D'italia Stage Race. Italy - Near Milan, 1959
35.
Dr. Lewis Sayre Treating Scoliosis, Checking The Curvature Of The Spine - 1870s
36.
A French Civilian Woman Pours A Drink Of Cider For A British Soldier With Bren Machine Gun In Lisieux, 1944
37.
‘Coffin Beds’ At A Salvation Army Shelter In London. Operated By The Salvation Army, They Are One Of The First Homeless Shelters Created For The People Of Central London. Aka "Four Penny Coffin", For Four Pennies, A Homeless Client Could Stay At A Coffin House, C.1900
38.
A Swagman Using A Hollowed Gum Tree As A Campsite, 1880. A Swagman Was A Transient Labourer Who Travelled By Foot From Farm To Farm Carrying His Belongings In A Swag (Bedroll). The Term Originated In Australia In The 19th-Century And Was Later Used In New Zealand
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Straw Hats Made By Messrs Olney's Of Luton, Bedfordshire Being Carried To The Packing Rooms, 1933
40.
Old Vennel, Glasgow. From Thomas Annan’s Photograph Series Of ‘The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow’ 1868
41.
Husband And Wife, Sunday Morning, Detriot, Michigan, 1950 By Gordon Parks. He Had Been Sent Back To Fort Scott (Where He Lived Until He Was 16) By Life Magazine To Find 11 Members Of His Segregated Elementary School And See What Became Of Them. The Story Was Never Published
42.
“Only In The Provinces Are The Great Melancholy Cultivated, The Silence And Solitude Essential To Succeed In Such A Tiring Sport As Cycling” The Words Of Gianni Brera Are Reflected On The Face Of Giusto Cerutti, The Piedmontese Runner Immortalized During The 1928 Tour De France
43.
Around 1890, A Mother And Her Son Were Captured In A Photograph Taken In Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. The Son, Who Was A Ballad Singer, Can Be Seen Holding A Printed Poem In His Hand
44.
A Lady Is Arrested During The Battle Of Cable Street, 1936. For Those Unaware, The Battle Was Between The Residents Of East London And Oswald Mosley's Facist Blackshirts
45.
The Coffin Of The Red Baron Being Carried By Members Of The Australian No. 3 Squadron, Lead By An English Priest, For Burial In Northern France. The Ace Pilot Of World War I Germany Was Shot Down On April 21, 1918, And Given A Full Military Funeral By The Australian Unit Who Recovered His Body
46.
A Fake Ghost Scene Taken By Two Brothers, Circa 1900s-1910s
47.
A Soviet Light Bath: An Ultraviolet Light For Children To Get Enough Vitamin D During The Long Winters Without Much Sunlight
48.
Wilton Lackaye As Svengali
49.
Welsh Spiritualist Colin Evans Feigns Levitation By Jumping Up And Down In Total Darkness And Filming Himself With An Infrared Camera. London, 1939
50.
Boy Poses With Deceased Brother - 1800s Tintype - Found At Thrift Store

1.
Chrysler Corporation Offers $2,000 To Anyone At The 1976 Chicago Auto Show Who Could Break The Composure Of Living Mannequin Nancy Del Corral
2.
Prisoners At Dachau Concentration Camp Greet Their American Liberators From A Barbed-Wire Fence.(Germany, April 1945)
3.
A Champagne Inspector Wearing A Special Mask To Protect Against Accidental Discharges, Ca. 1933
4.
An Enthusiast For Men's Dress Reform Walking Down The Strand In London. The Mdrp (Men’s Dress Reform Party) Was Formed In The Interwar Years In Britain, 1930
5.
British Hurdler Percy Hodge Demonstrates The Perfect Obstacle Jump While Carrying A Bottle And A Glass On A Tray. Percy Hodge Became An Olympic Champion In The 3000m Hurdles In 1920
6.
Physicists And Nobel Prize Winners Marie Curie And Pierre Curie Shortly After Their Wedding. France (1895)
7.
Children Playing With A Toy Guillotine, France, 1959
8.
A Beach Party In The 1970s
9.
A Studio Portrait Of Hattie Tom, A Young Chiricahua Apache Woman, Photographed At The U.S. Indian Congress Of The Trans-Mississippi And International Exposition In Omaha, 1898
10.
Punk Rock Girl London, 1979
11.
A Lady From The Ouled Naïl Tribe In Algeria, Photographed By Rudolph Lehnert In 1904
12.
An Ultra Light Horse-Drawn Car In Traffic Paris (1943)
13.
Oldriev’s New Tricycle. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve, 1882
14.
Charles Godefroy Flies Through The Arc De Triomphe In Paris. The Height Of The Opening Is 29.42 M, The Width Is 14.62 M. The Wingspan Of The Aircraft Is 9 Meters Wide, 1919
15.
Puritan Demonstrates Against Too Revealing Swimwear On A Florida Beach, 1985. USA
16.
G.o.e Herbert Tea & Dining Rooms, 10 New Street, Chipping Norton, England. 1910
17.
A Piglet Which Is Being Treated By The Pdsa (People’s Dispensary For Animals) In Ilford With A Sun Ray Lamp, To Cure A Skin Ailment, 1938
18.
Breakfast Tea Being Passed Between Cars On A Train From Peshawar To Lahore In 1983.
19.
May 3rd 1960, Otto Frank Standing In The Annex That He And His Family Hid In During Wwii. Until They Were Found And Arrested By The Gestapo In 1944
20.
Six-Year-Old Anne Frank Holding A Jumping Rope Next To Her Friend, Sanne Ledermann, On A Pavement In Amsterdam. 1935
21.
Seeing Two Mickeys On A Parisian Street In The Early 1930’s Either Elicited Pure Delight Or Sheer Terror
22.
British Military Equipment Disguised As Elephants, India, Wwii
23.
1963: A Clown At The Lunch Counter
24.
Riders On The New York Subway Sit Without Newspapers During A Newspaper Strike In The City (1953)
25.
Quality Control At Emi's Vinyl Lp Pressing Plant In London (1965). The Beatles Rubber Soul
26.
An Iron Man Of The Past In A Diving Suit. The Suit’s Name Was ‘Iron Man’ Too. It Had Electric Charging And Pressure Protection Systems. New York, 1907
27.
A Tactical Trick Used By Soldiers During The Mexican Revolution, 1913
28.
A Telepath Tries To Hypnotize A Chimpanzee, 1941
29.
Lucille Ball, Once Called The Greatest Pair Of Legs On Broadway, In A 1930s Publicity Still As A Blonde
30.
Wyatt Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) Photographed By His Wife Josephine Earp
31.
'The Half Suit' Photo And Concept By Pippa Garner, 1982
32.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt. Student Nurses Getting Lessons, Roosevelt Hospital NY, 1938
33.
Two Kashmir Giants Posing With The American Photographer James Ricalton, 1903. One Of The Giants Was 7’9” Tall While The “Shorter” One Was A Mere 7’4” Tall
34.
The Local Priest Takes A Strong Turn At The Front And Gives These Atala Cyclists A Break During Their Training Run In Preparation For The 1959 Giro D'italia Stage Race. Italy - Near Milan, 1959
35.
Dr. Lewis Sayre Treating Scoliosis, Checking The Curvature Of The Spine - 1870s
36.
A French Civilian Woman Pours A Drink Of Cider For A British Soldier With Bren Machine Gun In Lisieux, 1944
37.
‘Coffin Beds’ At A Salvation Army Shelter In London. Operated By The Salvation Army, They Are One Of The First Homeless Shelters Created For The People Of Central London. Aka "Four Penny Coffin", For Four Pennies, A Homeless Client Could Stay At A Coffin House, C.1900
38.
A Swagman Using A Hollowed Gum Tree As A Campsite, 1880. A Swagman Was A Transient Labourer Who Travelled By Foot From Farm To Farm Carrying His Belongings In A Swag (Bedroll). The Term Originated In Australia In The 19th-Century And Was Later Used In New Zealand
39.
Straw Hats Made By Messrs Olney's Of Luton, Bedfordshire Being Carried To The Packing Rooms, 1933
40.
Old Vennel, Glasgow. From Thomas Annan’s Photograph Series Of ‘The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow’ 1868
41.
Husband And Wife, Sunday Morning, Detriot, Michigan, 1950 By Gordon Parks. He Had Been Sent Back To Fort Scott (Where He Lived Until He Was 16) By Life Magazine To Find 11 Members Of His Segregated Elementary School And See What Became Of Them. The Story Was Never Published
42.
“Only In The Provinces Are The Great Melancholy Cultivated, The Silence And Solitude Essential To Succeed In Such A Tiring Sport As Cycling” The Words Of Gianni Brera Are Reflected On The Face Of Giusto Cerutti, The Piedmontese Runner Immortalized During The 1928 Tour De France
43.
Around 1890, A Mother And Her Son Were Captured In A Photograph Taken In Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. The Son, Who Was A Ballad Singer, Can Be Seen Holding A Printed Poem In His Hand
44.
A Lady Is Arrested During The Battle Of Cable Street, 1936. For Those Unaware, The Battle Was Between The Residents Of East London And Oswald Mosley's Facist Blackshirts
45.
The Coffin Of The Red Baron Being Carried By Members Of The Australian No. 3 Squadron, Lead By An English Priest, For Burial In Northern France. The Ace Pilot Of World War I Germany Was Shot Down On April 21, 1918, And Given A Full Military Funeral By The Australian Unit Who Recovered His Body
46.
A Fake Ghost Scene Taken By Two Brothers, Circa 1900s-1910s
47.
A Soviet Light Bath: An Ultraviolet Light For Children To Get Enough Vitamin D During The Long Winters Without Much Sunlight
48.
Wilton Lackaye As Svengali
49.
Welsh Spiritualist Colin Evans Feigns Levitation By Jumping Up And Down In Total Darkness And Filming Himself With An Infrared Camera. London, 1939
50.
Boy Poses With Deceased Brother - 1800s Tintype - Found At Thrift Store

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1. Chrysler Corporation Offers $2,000 To Anyone At The 1976 Chicago Auto Show Who Could Break The Composure Of Living Mannequin Nancy Del Corral

2. Prisoners At Dachau Concentration Camp Greet Their American Liberators From A Barbed-Wire Fence.(Germany, April 1945)

3. A Champagne Inspector Wearing A Special Mask To Protect Against Accidental Discharges, Ca. 1933

4. An Enthusiast For Men's Dress Reform Walking Down The Strand In London. The Mdrp (Men’s Dress Reform Party) Was Formed In The Interwar Years In Britain, 1930

5. British Hurdler Percy Hodge Demonstrates The Perfect Obstacle Jump While Carrying A Bottle And A Glass On A Tray. Percy Hodge Became An Olympic Champion In The 3000m Hurdles In 1920

6. Physicists And Nobel Prize Winners Marie Curie And Pierre Curie Shortly After Their Wedding. France (1895)

7. Children Playing With A Toy Guillotine, France, 1959

8. A Beach Party In The 1970s

9. A Studio Portrait Of Hattie Tom, A Young Chiricahua Apache Woman, Photographed At The U.S. Indian Congress Of The Trans-Mississippi And International Exposition In Omaha, 1898

10. Punk Rock Girl London, 1979

11. A Lady From The Ouled Naïl Tribe In Algeria, Photographed By Rudolph Lehnert In 1904

12. An Ultra Light Horse-Drawn Car In Traffic Paris (1943)

13. Oldriev’s New Tricycle. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve, 1882

14. Charles Godefroy Flies Through The Arc De Triomphe In Paris. The Height Of The Opening Is 29.42 M, The Width Is 14.62 M. The Wingspan Of The Aircraft Is 9 Meters Wide, 1919

15. Puritan Demonstrates Against Too Revealing Swimwear On A Florida Beach, 1985. USA

16. G.o.e Herbert Tea & Dining Rooms, 10 New Street, Chipping Norton, England. 1910

17. A Piglet Which Is Being Treated By The Pdsa (People’s Dispensary For Animals) In Ilford With A Sun Ray Lamp, To Cure A Skin Ailment, 1938

18. Breakfast Tea Being Passed Between Cars On A Train From Peshawar To Lahore In 1983.

19. May 3rd 1960, Otto Frank Standing In The Annex That He And His Family Hid In During Wwii. Until They Were Found And Arrested By The Gestapo In 1944

20. Six-Year-Old Anne Frank Holding A Jumping Rope Next To Her Friend, Sanne Ledermann, On A Pavement In Amsterdam. 1935

21. Seeing Two Mickeys On A Parisian Street In The Early 1930’s Either Elicited Pure Delight Or Sheer Terror

22. British Military Equipment Disguised As Elephants, India, Wwii

23. 1963: A Clown At The Lunch Counter

24. Riders On The New York Subway Sit Without Newspapers During A Newspaper Strike In The City (1953)

25. Quality Control At Emi's Vinyl Lp Pressing Plant In London (1965). The Beatles Rubber Soul

26. An Iron Man Of The Past In A Diving Suit. The Suit’s Name Was ‘Iron Man’ Too. It Had Electric Charging And Pressure Protection Systems. New York, 1907

27. A Tactical Trick Used By Soldiers During The Mexican Revolution, 1913

28. A Telepath Tries To Hypnotize A Chimpanzee, 1941

29. Lucille Ball, Once Called The Greatest Pair Of Legs On Broadway, In A 1930s Publicity Still As A Blonde

30. Wyatt Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) Photographed By His Wife Josephine Earp

31. 'The Half Suit' Photo And Concept By Pippa Garner, 1982

32. By Alfred Eisenstaedt. Student Nurses Getting Lessons, Roosevelt Hospital NY, 1938

33. Two Kashmir Giants Posing With The American Photographer James Ricalton, 1903. One Of The Giants Was 7’9” Tall While The “Shorter” One Was A Mere 7’4” Tall

34. The Local Priest Takes A Strong Turn At The Front And Gives These Atala Cyclists A Break During Their Training Run In Preparation For The 1959 Giro D'italia Stage Race. Italy - Near Milan, 1959

35. Dr. Lewis Sayre Treating Scoliosis, Checking The Curvature Of The Spine - 1870s

36. A French Civilian Woman Pours A Drink Of Cider For A British Soldier With Bren Machine Gun In Lisieux, 1944

37. ‘Coffin Beds’ At A Salvation Army Shelter In London. Operated By The Salvation Army, They Are One Of The First Homeless Shelters Created For The People Of Central London. Aka "Four Penny Coffin", For Four Pennies, A Homeless Client Could Stay At A Coffin House, C.1900

38. A Swagman Using A Hollowed Gum Tree As A Campsite, 1880. A Swagman Was A Transient Labourer Who Travelled By Foot From Farm To Farm Carrying His Belongings In A Swag (Bedroll). The Term Originated In Australia In The 19th-Century And Was Later Used In New Zealand

39. Straw Hats Made By Messrs Olney's Of Luton, Bedfordshire Being Carried To The Packing Rooms, 1933

40. Old Vennel, Glasgow. From Thomas Annan’s Photograph Series Of ‘The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow’ 1868

41. Husband And Wife, Sunday Morning, Detriot, Michigan, 1950 By Gordon Parks. He Had Been Sent Back To Fort Scott (Where He Lived Until He Was 16) By Life Magazine To Find 11 Members Of His Segregated Elementary School And See What Became Of Them. The Story Was Never Published

42. “Only In The Provinces Are The Great Melancholy Cultivated, The Silence And Solitude Essential To Succeed In Such A Tiring Sport As Cycling” The Words Of Gianni Brera Are Reflected On The Face Of Giusto Cerutti, The Piedmontese Runner Immortalized During The 1928 Tour De France

43. Around 1890, A Mother And Her Son Were Captured In A Photograph Taken In Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. The Son, Who Was A Ballad Singer, Can Be Seen Holding A Printed Poem In His Hand

44. A Lady Is Arrested During The Battle Of Cable Street, 1936. For Those Unaware, The Battle Was Between The Residents Of East London And Oswald Mosley's Facist Blackshirts

45. The Coffin Of The Red Baron Being Carried By Members Of The Australian No. 3 Squadron, Lead By An English Priest, For Burial In Northern France. The Ace Pilot Of World War I Germany Was Shot Down On April 21, 1918, And Given A Full Military Funeral By The Australian Unit Who Recovered His Body

46. A Fake Ghost Scene Taken By Two Brothers, Circa 1900s-1910s

47. A Soviet Light Bath: An Ultraviolet Light For Children To Get Enough Vitamin D During The Long Winters Without Much Sunlight

48. Wilton Lackaye As Svengali

49. Welsh Spiritualist Colin Evans Feigns Levitation By Jumping Up And Down In Total Darkness And Filming Himself With An Infrared Camera. London, 1939

50. Boy Poses With Deceased Brother - 1800s Tintype - Found At Thrift Store

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Chrysler Corporation Offers $2,000 To Anyone At The 1976 Chicago Auto Show Who Could Break The Composure Of Living Mannequin Nancy Del Corral

2.
Prisoners At Dachau Concentration Camp Greet Their American Liberators From A Barbed-Wire Fence.(Germany, April 1945)

3.
A Champagne Inspector Wearing A Special Mask To Protect Against Accidental Discharges, Ca. 1933

4.
An Enthusiast For Men's Dress Reform Walking Down The Strand In London. The Mdrp (Men’s Dress Reform Party) Was Formed In The Interwar Years In Britain, 1930

5.
British Hurdler Percy Hodge Demonstrates The Perfect Obstacle Jump While Carrying A Bottle And A Glass On A Tray. Percy Hodge Became An Olympic Champion In The 3000m Hurdles In 1920

6.
Physicists And Nobel Prize Winners Marie Curie And Pierre Curie Shortly After Their Wedding. France (1895)

7.
Children Playing With A Toy Guillotine, France, 1959

8.
A Beach Party In The 1970s

9.
A Studio Portrait Of Hattie Tom, A Young Chiricahua Apache Woman, Photographed At The U.S. Indian Congress Of The Trans-Mississippi And International Exposition In Omaha, 1898

10.
Punk Rock Girl London, 1979

11.
A Lady From The Ouled Naïl Tribe In Algeria, Photographed By Rudolph Lehnert In 1904

12.
An Ultra Light Horse-Drawn Car In Traffic Paris (1943)

13.
Oldriev’s New Tricycle. Photo By Chas. W Oldrieve, 1882

14.
Charles Godefroy Flies Through The Arc De Triomphe In Paris. The Height Of The Opening Is 29.42 M, The Width Is 14.62 M. The Wingspan Of The Aircraft Is 9 Meters Wide, 1919

15.
Puritan Demonstrates Against Too Revealing Swimwear On A Florida Beach, 1985. USA

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G.o.e Herbert Tea & Dining Rooms, 10 New Street, Chipping Norton, England. 1910

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A Piglet Which Is Being Treated By The Pdsa (People’s Dispensary For Animals) In Ilford With A Sun Ray Lamp, To Cure A Skin Ailment, 1938

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Breakfast Tea Being Passed Between Cars On A Train From Peshawar To Lahore In 1983.

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May 3rd 1960, Otto Frank Standing In The Annex That He And His Family Hid In During Wwii. Until They Were Found And Arrested By The Gestapo In 1944

20.
Six-Year-Old Anne Frank Holding A Jumping Rope Next To Her Friend, Sanne Ledermann, On A Pavement In Amsterdam. 1935

21.
Seeing Two Mickeys On A Parisian Street In The Early 1930’s Either Elicited Pure Delight Or Sheer Terror

22.
British Military Equipment Disguised As Elephants, India, Wwii

23.
1963: A Clown At The Lunch Counter

24.
Riders On The New York Subway Sit Without Newspapers During A Newspaper Strike In The City (1953)

25.
Quality Control At Emi's Vinyl Lp Pressing Plant In London (1965). The Beatles Rubber Soul

26.
An Iron Man Of The Past In A Diving Suit. The Suit’s Name Was ‘Iron Man’ Too. It Had Electric Charging And Pressure Protection Systems. New York, 1907

27.
A Tactical Trick Used By Soldiers During The Mexican Revolution, 1913

28.
A Telepath Tries To Hypnotize A Chimpanzee, 1941

29.
Lucille Ball, Once Called The Greatest Pair Of Legs On Broadway, In A 1930s Publicity Still As A Blonde

30.
Wyatt Earp (March 19, 1848 - January 13, 1929) Photographed By His Wife Josephine Earp

31.
'The Half Suit' Photo And Concept By Pippa Garner, 1982

32.
By Alfred Eisenstaedt. Student Nurses Getting Lessons, Roosevelt Hospital NY, 1938

33.
Two Kashmir Giants Posing With The American Photographer James Ricalton, 1903. One Of The Giants Was 7’9” Tall While The “Shorter” One Was A Mere 7’4” Tall

34.
The Local Priest Takes A Strong Turn At The Front And Gives These Atala Cyclists A Break During Their Training Run In Preparation For The 1959 Giro D'italia Stage Race. Italy - Near Milan, 1959

35.
Dr. Lewis Sayre Treating Scoliosis, Checking The Curvature Of The Spine - 1870s

36.
A French Civilian Woman Pours A Drink Of Cider For A British Soldier With Bren Machine Gun In Lisieux, 1944

37.
‘Coffin Beds’ At A Salvation Army Shelter In London. Operated By The Salvation Army, They Are One Of The First Homeless Shelters Created For The People Of Central London. Aka "Four Penny Coffin", For Four Pennies, A Homeless Client Could Stay At A Coffin House, C.1900

38.
A Swagman Using A Hollowed Gum Tree As A Campsite, 1880. A Swagman Was A Transient Labourer Who Travelled By Foot From Farm To Farm Carrying His Belongings In A Swag (Bedroll). The Term Originated In Australia In The 19th-Century And Was Later Used In New Zealand

39.
Straw Hats Made By Messrs Olney's Of Luton, Bedfordshire Being Carried To The Packing Rooms, 1933

40.
Old Vennel, Glasgow. From Thomas Annan’s Photograph Series Of ‘The Old Closes And Streets Of Glasgow’ 1868

41.
Husband And Wife, Sunday Morning, Detriot, Michigan, 1950 By Gordon Parks. He Had Been Sent Back To Fort Scott (Where He Lived Until He Was 16) By Life Magazine To Find 11 Members Of His Segregated Elementary School And See What Became Of Them. The Story Was Never Published

42.
“Only In The Provinces Are The Great Melancholy Cultivated, The Silence And Solitude Essential To Succeed In Such A Tiring Sport As Cycling” The Words Of Gianni Brera Are Reflected On The Face Of Giusto Cerutti, The Piedmontese Runner Immortalized During The 1928 Tour De France

43.
Around 1890, A Mother And Her Son Were Captured In A Photograph Taken In Lisdoonvarna, Ireland. The Son, Who Was A Ballad Singer, Can Be Seen Holding A Printed Poem In His Hand

44.
A Lady Is Arrested During The Battle Of Cable Street, 1936. For Those Unaware, The Battle Was Between The Residents Of East London And Oswald Mosley's Facist Blackshirts

45.
The Coffin Of The Red Baron Being Carried By Members Of The Australian No. 3 Squadron, Lead By An English Priest, For Burial In Northern France. The Ace Pilot Of World War I Germany Was Shot Down On April 21, 1918, And Given A Full Military Funeral By The Australian Unit Who Recovered His Body

46.
A Fake Ghost Scene Taken By Two Brothers, Circa 1900s-1910s

47.
A Soviet Light Bath: An Ultraviolet Light For Children To Get Enough Vitamin D During The Long Winters Without Much Sunlight

48.
Wilton Lackaye As Svengali

49.
Welsh Spiritualist Colin Evans Feigns Levitation By Jumping Up And Down In Total Darkness And Filming Himself With An Infrared Camera. London, 1939

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Boy Poses With Deceased Brother - 1800s Tintype - Found At Thrift Store